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'''Hobbes''': But there are only 5 boxes.
'''Calvin''': I know. These idiots make you write real small. }}
*:* In one comic, Calvin's mom lets him smoke a cigarette, intending that [[Of Course I Smoke|the nasty taste will turn him off smoking]] (rather than simply forbidding it, [[Do Not Do This Cool Thing|which was bound to backfire]]). Calvin nearly coughs up a lung after a single smoke, at which point Mom asks if he's learned a lesson:
{{quote|'''Calvin:''' Yeah. Trusting mom can be hazardous to your health.}}
*:* Occasionally, Calvin will understand the point but deliberately reject it anyway. "Live and don't learn, that's us!"
* Zero in ''[[Beetle Bailey]]'' lives this trope. Usually.
 
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